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Supervisor urges state to resurface Bushey Park Road, says businesses will not expand until it’s fixed
Summary
Berkeley County Supervisor Johnny Cribb told council the narrow, heavily damaged Bushey Park Road is a barrier to existing employers and to new industrial investment and urged state transportation action after private and county offers to contribute funds.
Berkeley County Supervisor Johnny Cribb told the county’s operations committee that Bushey Park Road — a narrow state-owned route the county describes as “awful” — must be resurfaced before several large employers will expand or drive employees safely to work.
Cribb said multiple defense and industrial firms that have invested in the county have offered to contribute to resurfacing, and the county has offered funds as well, but the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) — which owns the road — has not committed to the work. “I was told point blank, we will not expand here until this road gets addressed,” Cribb said…
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